Test-retest comparability and control subject data for the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test and Rey-Osterrieth/Taylor Complex Figures

R C Delaney; M L Prevey; J Cramer; R H Mattson; VA Epilepsy Cooperative Study #264 Research Group

Test-retest comparability and control subject data for the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test and Rey-Osterrieth/Taylor Complex Figures

Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 1992 Nov;7(6):523-8.

Authors

R C Delaney¹, M L Prevey, J Cramer, R H Mattson; VA Epilepsy Cooperative Study #264 Research Group

Affiliation

¹ Nerupsychiatry Section, Psychology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, and Neurology Department, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

PMID: 14591403

Abstract

This report presents data from a nonpatient sample considering the test-retest reliability and task comparability of the Rey-Osterrieth/Taylor Complex Figures and the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. These tasks were presented to normal comparison subjects as a component of a large Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on anticonvulsant effects in a manner typical of routine clinical use. The results suggest a high degree of reliability for the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test, supporting its use for test-retest situations. However, cautions are discussed for the use of the Rey-Osterrieth-Taylor Complex Figure comparisons.